Guide for sewing-machines.



R. A. VINE.

GUIDE FUR SEWiNG MACHINES. APPLICATION man m 1913.

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GUIDE FOR SEWING MACHINES.

LICATi ON FILED DEC. 3, 1913.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

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The, inveni'ian relates to new and useful .improvemcnrs in guides for sewing iuuchiues zuul more particularly to the means for hold- Y theguirle in operativepnsition and for ziiil guide w ihzit it may he moved t i' 10 lire pusiiun.

fan uhj cl the invention to provi lu u huidius the guiilt umsuul open li e pusitioiz, which means run he released by pressure of the hand ("if the JpPriltCf in a.

ration which will turn the guide li ter the a frcirii 'v'lQW d. a sewing mm my imprmzuient applied A g. is lsii'lu view (if the guide and its supgmri ing Ill-GEMS, l sllOWlllQ' parts of the,

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have shown my invention as applied wwing machine oi? the \YilhlQHMYB cup he WilPlUlI; flie luhrir: suppurlial l Wlrwln' (luring iliu hiiir rousi upuurts l we irhmgg; 2: 'lhc of u iuhiu wheels i6 and iucls ure'uf the usual v u" the upper mlgca thereof project. slighfly lllH lVQ suinl feed wheels, so that {he maul? may pass through sum edges and 1;; of the fabric be covered by thr .lwpar tl'irsads. in r 1 of the drawin have shumi the awyer iii the stitch form ing' 211v lnLHlSI A.

Thu present inveutien is directs-cl. Wholly to the guiding devices for ihe fabric and the means fur sup'verriug said guiding lLEYlCQS in upcrative position and for role; said mi l ILLIHOIS.

vso slmpml and pusitiunwl i'lmi (h a two layers L of l: l ri to he jOllHl may he l'mlulmig the 7G reaper-five filllCS 0f the confer pi; and held. l'lltllzl izllllil' l l'ho Slilfi memhvr T 'ihaw llllllll ilfi nut only I i u'l lulu-ii: to The feed wheels .3 anal h; serve to uucurl the edges of the fubrir. guiding device 11m .w furms nu pzart oi the prcsmil iuveui'iuu. This guiding LlPYlU ii; 'iii'ululli' suppurl-aul :1 hrs. l 152. whirli, in turn is lixwl t:- t

i a (3 urul gunk? min casing l of the sewing imichiue. 'rluiil aiding ilericr: is pir- 80 orally umnurtcrl in lho hraulicl by :i piwit 101i which passes through 'lu :cuier plat:

and the lirurlwli 1'2. hciul ll. The earlier plum has u l'urwu' prujuvtiug arm 15 m1 whirh pii'uflu :3. L5 luluh lfi. This latch is adapted to e1 g;u uolrh l? in the head Ll. when illl, guide is in normally operative position. uiul film lair: huldfe lw guide in lhis g'iosl i011. When i m guiding Llcvicu in smiling {u iiuiprruii r tiou. as shown in (lulled line-s in Fig. latch 16 erg'ug'us i'lw haul ll in "our shuuklrr lligwhich liolils the guir in lhis msitiuu- A spring lJ "r'urws 5hr. lulrh lulu comm-l; Willi the lmul ll. \ihuu ii is (lOSli'ml (0 0 wuss the guiding (Eerie-u, Um uporutizr lu-ri fl' orrhm noun required in prvss on liiv lilirill iii in withdraw ihr-v 5mm, from l and the, pressure on lhe he I p050 in u (lirecliou nppusitu in lion in \i'liicli the guide must ho Order to swing it in inupuruliw pm; l'llCl'OfOl'm tl u rratm' wm nlwu grasp the flail-fl crucial uurri s a.

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guide to inoperative position. This latch releasing device as herein shown, consists of an arm 20, which is pivoted at 21 to the center plate of the guiding device. This arm is formed with a slot 22 which is adapted to engage a pin 23 on the latch 16. This slot 22 is formed eccentrically relative to the pivotal point of the arm 20. The slot is also so disposed that when the arm '20 is raised. said slot engaging the pin 23 will force the latch at its lower end inwardly, thus withdrawing the latch from the notch in the head on the supporting bracket.

A movement of the arm in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 will 0 )erate first to release the latch from the notch 17. A continued pressure on the lever in the direction of the arrow will swing the guiding device to the dotted line position. It will, therefore. be seen that I have provided a releasing means for the latch which is pressed in the direction that the guiding device swings when moving to inoperative position. and. therefore, the operator merely by pressing on the arm 20 may unlock the guiding device, and. also move said guiding device to inoperative position.

From the above it will be apparent that I have provided means for positively hold; ing the guide in operative position, and also means which operates first to withdraw the latch and subsequently to move the guide after itis released to inoperative position. It will also be obvious that l .have used the term inoperative' as defining any position of the guide other than that where the same operates to guide the fabric.

It will be obvious that minor changes -in the details of construction and the arrangement of parts'may he made without departing from the. spirit of the invention, as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

l. The combination of a fabric guide located in advance of the stitching mechanism, and adapted to he moved away from the stitching mechanism to inoperative position, means for holding said guiding device in normal operative positi n. an arm niovahle relative to the guiding device for swinging said guiding device to inoperative position, said arm having means for releasing the holding means for the guide.

2. The combination of a fabric guide located in advance of the stitching mechanism, and adapted to be moved away from the stitching mechanism to inoperative posiji tion. means for holding said guiding device in normal operative position, a pivoted arm for swinging said guide to inoperative position, said arm having means operable when the arm is swung in the direction of the movement of the guide for releasing the holding means. 3. The combination of a fabric guide 10- -ated in advance of the stitchin mechanism, and adapted to be moved atv y from the stitching mechanism to inoperative position, a pivoted latch for holding said guide in normal operative position, and means for moving said guide to inoperative position, including devices t'or releasing the latch prior to the moving of the guide.

4. The combination of a fabric guide located in advance of the stitching mechanism, and adapted to be moved away from the stitchilig mechanism to inoperative position,

a pivoted latch for holding said guide in normal operative position. a pivoted arm, and devices between said pivoted arm' and latch whereby the first movement of the arm in the direction of the movement of the guide to inoperative position will release the latch.

5. The combination of a fabric guide located in advance of the stitching mechanism, and adapted to be moved away from the stitching mechanism to inoperative position, a pivoted latch for holding said guide in normal operative position. a pivoted arm on said guide. and having a slot therein, and a pin carried by the latch and engaging said slot, being so disposed that a movement of the arm in a direction for swinging the guide to inoperative position will release the latch.

In testimony whereot. l atlix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. I RALPH A. YIXE Witnesses: R. F. TnoursoN, J12, 

